Episode 5

full
Published on:

12th Mar 2025

#5 - Peace, Tea, and Gauranga: Daily Rituals for a Bhakti Sadhana Life

Take a tea break with us in the morning light, somewhere in a gentle breeze between olive trees and sea cliffs, just breathing and being together. Mark and Maria invite you to join a daily ritual—making herbal tea, pausing for Gouranga breathing, sharing stories, laughter, and a little blessing for anyone who wants a few minutes of peace. There’s no polish here, only warmth, ordinary struggles, and a big, leaky strategic tea reserve. This episode winds around the little comforts that steady us through change: sweet tea, a prayer, a moment’s stillness, and letting go of what no longer serves. Whether you’re winding down, waking up, or wandering somewhere in between, here’s a living room (or balcony) that always has room for one more. Stay as long as you like.

Transcript
Speaker:

I start then I'll come on board with the water you like

2

:

hey it started

3

:

did it yes

4

:

how did you do that it just started

5

:

I didn't yes

6

:

hello everybody

7

:

I'm Mark and I'm Maria and we are at Juicy Magic

8

:

yo peace

9

:

um today

10

:

we're gonna start the show with one of our favorite um

11

:

activity activities

12

:

which is making tea herbal tea uh

13

:

one thing you can do uh

14

:

that's really lovely in the yoga lifestyle is you know

15

:

reduce or eliminate intoxicants

16

:

stimulants and so we love every day to make herbal tea

17

:

one of my favorite Japanese mystic poets

18

:

Basho once beautifully said

19

:

in making a cup of tea I stopped the war

20

:

so let's stop the war for a moment

21

:

let's take a tea break

22

:

I'm gonna make a little bit of tea

23

:

and while it's steeping we'll do a little Garongga

24

:

and maybe you'd like to bring this uh

25

:

little habit or ritual into your day

26

:

make a little herbal tea and while it's steeping

27

:

do a little gorgona as you watch the tea

28

:

the the the mist of the um

29

:

the vapor from the

30

:

the hot water evaporate into the sky

31

:

it's quite nice just give me a moment I'll pour the tea

32

:

you can look at Maria for a bit

33

:

ooh

34

:

you forgot something really important

35

:

the timer

36

:

alright I've got the timer in my pocket

37

:

I've been chastised for going too long

38

:

so come in front of the camera

39

:

because the time is running yeah

40

:

yeah yeah okay so let's bring the tea over here

41

:

we're gonna let this steep in our little steeper thing

42

:

here we have a strategic tea reserve

43

:

all kinds of herbal tea

44

:

I know that people talk about having a

45

:

an oil

46

:

strategic oil reserve and a strategic bitcoin reserve

47

:

yeah when I'm stressed I just buy tea yeah

48

:

ha ha so we have like I mean

49

:

I've never seen so much tea in my life

50

:

it's great every kind of herbal tea you can imagine so

51

:

so we're using it up now

52

:

so we got the tea here thanks for coming in today

53

:

this is juicy magic on the daily

54

:

and let's just take a moment

55

:

maybe you've had a busy day uh

56

:

maybe you're just getting going

57

:

or it's time to calm things down

58

:

that's why we like herb herbal tea uh

59

:

technically it's called a tisane

60

:

teas are technically

61

:

green or black teas from the same plant

62

:

which have stimulants in them

63

:

so we we call it herbal tea though

64

:

like to make herbal tea

65

:

yeah you don't need any extras

66

:

no extras and it's a nice way to calm down

67

:

so while our tea is steeping

68

:

let's do a little go Ranga breathing meditation

69

:

go Ra aunga we think of the sound as we breathe in

70

:

and we say it to the length of the breath

71

:

let me get out my timer here so that

72

:

I don't get into trouble with the missus

73

:

partly what it is

74

:

is that we have these really long upload times

75

:

we wanted to do this live

76

:

we're gonna have to get Starlink at some point but um

77

:

we're finding it a bit of a you know

78

:

the the internet is is is variable uh

79

:

and so it's really hard to upload the videos

80

:

we wanna make sure we get them out on the daily so

81

:

all right Goranga breathing

82

:

he whose body is more beautiful than molten gold

83

:

you can close your eyes for a moment

84

:

if it's safe and appropriate to do so

85

:

and on the exhalation thinking of the sound Goranga

86

:

take a nice deep breath in

87

:

thinking of the sound of waronga breathing in

88

:

um

89

:

five more times

90

:

I think I need my tea

91

:

it's time for the tea

92

:

so you can hear that everything that breathes

93

:

praises the Lord and we got some beautiful birds here

94

:

can you hold the guita for me yep please

95

:

so

96

:

you know while the tea has been steeping you can do 15

97

:

20 minutes of gorgona breathing

98

:

you'll find

99

:

it puts you into a very nice place before bed

100

:

or maybe you need a break in the afternoon to kind of

101

:

I love in Turkey

102

:

when they pour like the tea from really high

103

:

I thought that's Japan uh

104

:

Japan has some other tea ceremonies

105

:

but certainly seen it from a pie

106

:

to make the bubbles in the

107

:

in Turkey but this

108

:

is also a nice time to take your tea

109

:

and before you drink it

110

:

you can offer it first to the Lord

111

:

you can say Dear Lord

112

:

please come and enjoy this tea

113

:

thank you for this life

114

:

thank you for this body this mind

115

:

thank you for this consciousness

116

:

please bless this tea and bless all all beings

117

:

and just take a moment to bless

118

:

bless yourself bless others

119

:

you know there's so much war and fighting in the world

120

:

and just a moment of peace can make a huge difference

121

:

in your own life and in the lives of those around you

122

:

we had an interesting little happening this morning

123

:

a little beautiful little creature

124

:

one of God's creatures came and unfortunately

125

:

whacked himself on the glass and left his body

126

:

and there's this little bird's body just there dead

127

:

still warm

128

:

of course I immediately picked up the body

129

:

and I thought maybe the person might still be there

130

:

so I I did a little Gorongga

131

:

then after a while

132

:

we could tell that there was no life left in the body

133

:

it was gone and so we did a little burial ceremony

134

:

we went up

135

:

and we burned a little incense and read some scripture

136

:

and we buried the bird

137

:

and um

138

:

it's a reminder that you know life

139

:

life can go very quickly life's eternal

140

:

but in this body it could be

141

:

it could be over in a moments notice so it's nice to

142

:

surround yourself with transcendental sound

143

:

surround with transcendental sound

144

:

um it's a nice bubble

145

:

so you can practice making a little bit of herbal tea

146

:

and doing a little gorgona meditation

147

:

I've been thinking a lot about this this morning too

148

:

I came across this nice verse

149

:

obviously

150

:

it's really great to get a hold of a bag of agita

151

:

as it is if I had one book to take with me anywhere

152

:

uh this would be it

153

:

it's the foundation but it's also ever fresh always

154

:

deepening in wisdom and knowledge

155

:

according to our consciousness

156

:

this is from Chapter 10

157

:

verse 20 the opulence of the absolute

158

:

and I thought about this little bird

159

:

this this verse really spoke to me this morning

160

:

Christ says to Arjuna I am the super soul

161

:

o Arjuna

162

:

seated in the hearts of all living entities

163

:

I am the beginning the middle and the end of all beings

164

:

so

165

:

I think Pativandana Swami

166

:

one of our spiritual masters once said that

167

:

you know

168

:

the wise lament neither for the living nor the dying

169

:

cause they know that life is eternal

170

:

and the body is temporary

171

:

and this is actual wisdom

172

:

actual knowledge so it's nice to sit

173

:

thanks for joining us today

174

:

how's the tea Maria wonderful

175

:

did you put honey inside I might have

176

:

it's very sweet oh my God

177

:

I get to so much trouble

178

:

I always wanna give sweetness to my

179

:

my wife and to those around me

180

:

but sometimes I overdo it a bit

181

:

you know so no

182

:

it's lovely it's really lovely

183

:

thank you so thanks for joining us here on Juicy Magic

184

:

you know

185

:

this is wherever two or more are gathered in my name

186

:

they say there I am between them

187

:

so this uh

188

:

this is like a moving sacred temple on wheels

189

:

as we move through our

190

:

our countries and visit different places

191

:

we happy to have you come along

192

:

and drink some tea with us oh

193

:

that's really good yeah

194

:

we need to work on the strategic tea also no

195

:

we have yeah

196

:

take it down we're

197

:

we're slowly you know

198

:

the thing is you can accumulate a lot of stuff in life

199

:

and we've been really unaccumulating

200

:

and letting go of things yeah

201

:

giving things sharing things

202

:

it hurts so bad

203

:

when things that you so carefully considered

204

:

accumulating just go bad yeah

205

:

and this is part of the problem of hoarding

206

:

and you know

207

:

one of the three main enemies of spiritual life are

208

:

greed lust and anger

209

:

they're all related

210

:

and so it's also really nice to share tea with

211

:

if you're at work you can have

212

:

make a tea break and when it's appropriate to do so

213

:

and offer some tea to people at Herbal Tea

214

:

and offered tea and with your neighbours

215

:

or that's one of the wonderful things

216

:

we love to offer vegetarian foods

217

:

and then give them to others and share that

218

:

and it's a really nice way

219

:

to reduce this tendency to accumulate or to be greedy

220

:

we certainly have more than we need

221

:

so we're really blessed and yeah

222

:

and we wanna go off of coffee now yeah

223

:

I realised I

224

:

I was a really bad coffee junkie in my business life

225

:

ha ha I just yep and after a while

226

:

I realised I just like the warm feeling of a warm

227

:

comforting cup in my hands

228

:

so that's how I got off coffee

229

:

because there can be just herbal tea in that cup

230

:

doesn't have to be coffee anymore yeah

231

:

it's nice

232

:

this is soften the ritual we're looking for and um

233

:

once you get away from stimulants

234

:

you can I've noticed I sleep better at night

235

:

I I'm more consistent in my sleep patterns

236

:

and it's a it's great to be in toxic and free

237

:

because then we don't chase after those

238

:

quite often we become slaves to the things we crave

239

:

and the nature of the manufacturing business

240

:

is to get you addicted to as much stuff as possible

241

:

whether it's nicotine

242

:

or caffeine or alcohol or anything else

243

:

when I slowed down considerably

244

:

I'm not running around

245

:

I need to do I need to do this I need to do this now

246

:

ha ha it's much better

247

:

so thank you for making all these lovely teas for me

248

:

so we're gonna sign off for today

249

:

and we want to thank you so much for joining us

250

:

but we raise our cups to you

251

:

we have so many wonderful

252

:

beautiful friends around the world

253

:

and we just want to thank you all for your presence

254

:

your time your being

255

:

your energy

256

:

thanks for being friends with us

257

:

and this is our attempt

258

:

our small attempt to give back and

259

:

and give something of ourselves

260

:

something of value

261

:

that hopefully we'll have a nice impact

262

:

a positive peaceful

263

:

freeing

264

:

joyful impact on your life

265

:

oh and share some warmth and comfort

266

:

yeah

267

:

everyone we all need a little warmth and comfort

268

:

you know and

269

:

we don't get much warm and comforting sounds

270

:

from the radio or from t V

271

:

or the social media you pick up the phone

272

:

you call a relative

273

:

and they're just complaining about whatever is really

274

:

with their agitated mind

275

:

so a little go rong a breathing

276

:

a little herbal tea drinking

277

:

um we hope that you add this ritual to your day

278

:

thanks so much and we'll see you tomorrow

279

:

yeah bye

280

:

Hariboal oh

281

:

Hariboal and peace be with you Namaste

282

:

hey babe

283

:

hey babe

284

:

that's a rap yes

285

:

should I press stop no

286

:

I have this tool here oh my God

287

:

you can press stop you little devil

288

:

yes I can see

Next Episode All Episodes Previous Episode

Listen for free

Show artwork for JuicyMagiK On the Daily

About the Podcast

JuicyMagiK On the Daily
JuicyMagiK On the Daily Podcast with Maria and Mark
Freedom, peace and joy from all angles done in a fun way that will evolve your inner and outer wealth in all-ways.

Juicy MagiK Agora: If you have a genuine question or just wish to share appreciation for something, please feel free to contact us through our website and community portal. Peace be with you and upon you.
https://agora.juicymagik.com/register/

Support Projects by Juicy MagiK: Send Sats via BTCpay: https://juicymagik.com/projects/